Shen Yu saw that even the two bickering bosses had calmed down, and continued with a smile: "I don't think so."
"Why not?"
In addition to Zheng Congyuan and Fatty Li, several other buyers from the industry who came up with Shen Yu to view the painting also asked in unison.
"It is true that the emperors of the Song Dynasty believed in Taoism, but so-and-so's 'Tiju' was actually an official name in the Song Dynasty.
"In the Song Dynasty, the officials in charge of specialized affairs were named after promotion.
"The other type is established to accommodate old and sick ministers and high-ranking redundant officials and idle ministers. They have no job and nothing to do, and they earn their salary in name, which is the so-called ancestral official.
"This person in the royal capital is likely to be an official with the rank of prime minister and a long life. Otherwise, an ordinary official position would not allow the emperor to frequently give famous paintings and longevity wine.
"Thanks to the longevity wine, we return to the people who share the same heart. We drink together and get drunk, and the cup brings eternal spring. The emperor wrote several birthday poems for his ministers, which can be said to be the ultimate favor.
"But there is one thing. Although the king is not a Taoist priest, he may be promoted to a Taoist palace somewhere.
“Emperors of the Southern Song Dynasty often asked the departing ministers to promote the ‘Dongxiao Palace’.
"For example, famous ministers Li Gang, Zhang Jun, and Wang Huai all had the so-called idle official position of 'promoting Dongxiao Palace'. To put it bluntly, they were paid but had no real power.
"If you don't say who the king promoted, I think it should be the famous prime minister of the Southern Song Dynasty: Wang Huai. He was an official for forty years and was called "upright" by Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty. He recommended talents, Li Tao, Zhu Xi, Lu Zuqian, Xin Qiji , Lu You and others have all been recommended by him."
After listening to Shen Yu's words, everyone suddenly realized that many people who were not familiar with Shen Yu also gave a thumbs up and praised him without hesitation.
Shen Yu naturally responded politely with a smile.
In the antique business, the more connections you have, the better your business will be.
Having connections means having money connections.
The people in this hall are either colleagues in the antique industry, or wealthy people such as wealthy businessmen. If you can make one more friend, you will really have another path in the antique business.
Liu Dongyang agreed very much with this: "Shen Yu is right. The person who promoted the king's capital was not Wang Deqian, nor a Taoist priest, but someone else. As for the specific person, it is difficult to verify because there are no ancient records. Wang Huai is just one of the possibilities."
"Then is this painting an authentic work by Ma Yuan? If not, who painted it?" Someone in the crowd asked.
Zheng Congyuan and Fatty Li directly expressed that they did not understand.
Dong Pengcheng also said that he didn’t quite understand.
Several other owners of famous calligraphy and painting shops in Chuzhou also looked embarrassed. It was obvious that the appraisal fee of 300,000 yuan was not so easy to earn.
After all, no one can do it in just a few minutes to authenticate an authentic work by a famous artist from the Song Dynasty.
There may be only one person in the entire Jiangnan who can do it, and that is Mr. Shen Ban and Zhang Shen.
But Mr. Shen has already driven Hexi to the west.
By the way, Mr. Shen’s only grandson is here. For a moment, everyone’s eyes turned to Shen Yu again.
Shen Yu smiled bitterly: "Don't look at me, everyone. To be honest, although I can see something, I don't dare to say arbitrarily whether this painting is true or false."
Liu Dongyang said in an encouraging tone: "Brother Xiao has offered an appraisal fee of 300,000 yuan for this painting. Shen Yu, just tell me the appraisal results and make the money. Brother Xiao's family is so big that it deserves this little money."< /p>
Shen Yu blinked, and then laughed at himself: "Even if Mr. Xiao gives it, I don't dare to ask for it! My appraisal fee is not high, only two hundred yuan. I want to raise the price to five hundred yuan recently, but I am afraid that old customers will give me money." Glass in the store."
Dong Pengcheng waved his hand: "It's not the same thing. Your appraisal fee of 200 yuan was set by you, but the appraisal fee of 300,000 yuan was set by Brother Xiao. His family has a lot of property and is really not short of this little money.
"He loves antiques, but he is not very proficient in appraising calligraphy and painting. You can just say it, and it will be fine if you say it wrong. Apart from Mr. Shen, who can dare to say that he has not had his eye punched in appraising calligraphy and painting?"
Everyone, whether they knew each other or not, asked Shen Yu to tell whether the painting was true or false.
What Shen Yu said just now whetted their appetites, just like the fragments in novels and storytelling.
Predicting what will happen next, please listen to the explanation next time?
But who wants to wait until later to find out the truth?
Since the storyteller is here, he can’t let go of anything he says. He must hear the final appraisal results before everyone feels at ease.
Seeing this, Shen Yu had no choice but to say: "Then I will make a fool of myself. Ma Yuan painted mountains, with steep peaks going straight up without reaching the top, and cliffs going straight down without seeing the feet.
"The mountains nearby are towering and the mountains far away are low. This is unique among famous people.
"Although this painting technique is wonderful, the surrounding mountain peaks are not painted in the same way. This is the first doubt.
"In addition, this painting is more refined but lacks spirituality. It is very good, and it can be said to be very good. However, after a closer look, compared with the authentic paintings handed down by Ma Yuan, the artistic conception is still a bit lacking. This is the second point. , but this point is different for everyone, so it doesn’t count.
"The 'Royal Book of Treasures' seal below is too clear. Song paintings that have been circulated for nearly a thousand years cannot be this bright red color. Some of them look like eight treasures seal mud. This is the third point, but because it is an unknown painting, it may be The fact that later generations built it does not mean that this painting is from the Qing Dynasty."
Having said the above three points, Shen Yu took out his white gloves and put them on, and clicked on the blurry two-character gourd seal on the scroll. "Fourth point, this seal is extremely blurry, and the edges are uneven. It was obviously cut by someone." Everyone knows about the appraisal of calligraphy and painting, so I don’t need to say more about it.”
"Why is this? Why do you cut off the seal on a painting?" Zheng Congyuan asked in confusion.
Shen Yu explained: "Either the original artist is very famous, or the person who collected this painting is very famous.
"This gourd seal is very similar to Xiang Yuanbian's Zijing gourd seal. This painting is probably a Ming Dynasty copy of the original "Bamboo Crane and Smoke Spring Picture"."
What Shen Yu said was not just a guess out of thin air. What he was talking about were originally doubtful points in the painting, and he had just looked at the painting with his treasure-appraising golden eyes while everyone was talking.
It is a dark blue walnut-sized treasure, which shows that it is undoubtedly a copy from the Ming Dynasty.
Seeing everyone's thoughtful look, Shen Yu continued: "You may ask, why did you cut off a seal of Xiang Yuanbian on such a good painting? Isn't this a loss that outweighs the gain?
"This is because the literati of the Ming Dynasty favored the four schools of the Yuan Dynasty and underestimated the academy paintings of the Song Dynasty. They thought that although the painters of the Song Dynasty academy of painting were famous enough, they only worked on the form and ignored the artistic conception of the paintings. It is not surprising.
"In other words, I don't care about Southern Song Dynasty paintings but prefer Yuan paintings.
"In the Ming Dynasty, the price order of calligraphy, painting and calligraphy was as follows:
"In the first category, calligraphy by famous artists of the Jin and Tang Dynasties is the most valuable, such as authentic works by Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, Huai Su, Zhang Xu and others.
"Wang Xizhi's "Zhanjin Tie" is worth two thousand taels of silver, Huaisu's "Autobiography Tie" is worth one thousand taels, and "Lanting Preface" Shenlong's original item Yuan Bian only spent 550 taels of silver.
"Even if you are not very famous, for example, Yang Ningshi, a calligrapher in the late Tang Dynasty, although this person is regarded as an important figure in the history of calligraphy from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, not many people know his name now, and his calligraphy " "Leek Flower Tie" Xiang Yuanbian also spent a full three hundred taels of silver.
"The second level is the authentic works of famous Tang paintings.
"Song's four families, Su Huang, Michai's calligraphy is the third level.
"The fourth rank below is the paintings of the Yuan family.
"This painting, let alone Ma Yuan's copy, even Ma Yuan's original work, has to be placed in the back.
"In the Ming Dynasty, ordinary Song paintings could often be purchased for a dozen taels of silver, which was not very cherished. I estimate that even Ma Yuan's original painting only cost around a hundred taels of silver.
"Because the literati at that time felt that Wen Zhengming was not much better than Shen Zhou in Song Dynasty painting.
"Wen Zhengming's family was well off and did not rely on selling paintings. The cheapest of his paintings at that time were four taels of silver, the more expensive ones were more than a dozen taels, and the fine ones were only a hundred taels.
"Tang Yin is so talented, why is he still poor? Because one of his paintings can be sold for just a few taels of silver.
"So, if someone makes fake calligraphy from the Tang and Song Dynasties, it is very likely that Xiang Yuanbian's collection seal will be stamped on it.
"As for the surname of the artist of this painting, I dare not make a conclusion for a while, but my opinion is that this painting is definitely not an authentic work by Ma Yuan."
……
"I wonder who this young man is? How can he have such vision?"
At some point, Mr. Xiao slowly walked onto the viewing platform with the support of two young people.
Obviously, he agreed with Shen Yu's identification conclusion.
